U.S. teen pregnancy and birth rates have declined dramatically over the past two decades and are now at historic lows. Even so, U.S. rates of teen childbearing remain far higher than in other comparable countries.

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Sex Education and Effective Programs

The list of interventions that have been show through careful evaluation research to actually change teen behavior related to teen pregnancy is growing. In addition to a series of resources that relate to sex education, this section contains a database of those sex education programs and interventions that work as well as online curricula that can be used with various audiences, including teens, college students, and others.

Sex Education and Effective Programs

The Effective Programs Database includes interventions that have some evidence of success in changing behavior related to teen pregnancy. More specifically, the programs had to delay the initiation of sex, improve contraceptive use, and/or decrease teen pregnancy (including secondary pregnancy/births).